Car-seat cushion.



Patented'May 7, IQOL F. W. SAWYER. CAR SEAT CUSHIBN. (Application Bled Aug. 15, `1900.)

(No Model.)

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FRED W. SAWYER, OF WEST GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-SEAT CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 673,457, dated May 7, 1901. Application led August 15, 1900. Serial No. 26,970. `(No model.)Y

To a/ZZ whom/t may concern: y

Be it known that I, FRED W. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing Yat West Gard-ner, inthe county of Worcester'and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Car-Seat Cushion, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to seat-cushions, and has particular reference to that class which are reversible and adapted for use on carseats; and the object of the same is to provide a simple and effective cushion arrangement for a car-seat having an overturning back, wherein the cushions for both the seat and back are attached exclusively tothe back and both operated by the latter, thecushions being detachable, so as to have the seat and back bare for coolnessl in warm weather, and

whereby the cushions when applied may be easilychanged, with the reversal of the back,

to alternately bring opposite surfaces andV edge portions thereof into position for contact with occupants of the seat and extend the wear and tear on the same overa greater surface and avoid concentration thereof on one portion solely.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a street-car, showing one of the seats thereof in full with the ordinary reversible back and the improved cushion attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the seat and back with the improved cushion thereon. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of a vportion of the seat and back and the improved cushions therefor, showing a different means for fastening the cushions. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the operation of the cushions.

' Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates a seatnhaving a reversible back 2, these parts being of the usual or ordinary form used in cars and of that class also wherein the seat always remains fixed and immovable in any of its parts during the overturning or reversalof the back.

The improvement consists particularly in applying cushions 3 and 4 in such manner that they will both be controlled in their operation by and connected solely to the back, so that different portions of thesaid cushions will be alternately brought into wearing position for engagement by occupants of the seat as an entirety, whereby a longer service of one set of cushions willresult, with the additional advantage of direct application of the same to ordinary carseats and without requiring any change in the construction and arrangement ofthe latter, and whereby l,also the cushions can be easily removed to adapt the seat for summer use.

To accomplish the result sought, a series of straps or bands 5 extend transversely across the upper surface of the cushion 3, are turned over the one edge of the latter, and have the one set of terminals thereof secured to the under side of the cushion. The opposite extremities of these straps or bands are passed between thev adjacent back .edge and the cushion y3 and detachably secured'to the outer portion of the back 2, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3. Secured to the upper outer portion of the back arev the terminals of another series of straps or bands '6, passing over the cushion 4 and also passed between the lower edge of the back 2 and the adjacent portion of the cushion 3 and around the edge thereof under the same and secured. It will be seen that both sets of straps are terminally attached to the seat-cushion, and the latter' is free to be shifted or changed'by the movement of the back 2. When theback is overturned from the position shown by Fig. l to arrange the seat with the front portion in the opposite direction, theedge of the Aseat-cushion, which is at the rear in the present showing, is gradually drawn up with what is now shown as the lower edge of the back-cushion, and the two cushions are disposed in parallel planes until the back 2 is disposed in the reverse position from that shown, when the seat-cushion will fall and bring what had been previously the rear edge to the front, the sets. of straps or bands being in reverse position-that is, the straps 5 will extend across the seat-cushion and the straps 6 will be located over the back-cushion. This change of wearing-surface of the cushions and positions of the straps or bands will be effected at each re- IOO versal of the back 2, and the cushions will have a more durable service in VView of the alternate disposition thereof to arrange 0pposite parts for contact with the occupants ofthe seat.

In Fig. 2 the fastenings 7 are in rthe form of removable screws, and in Fig. 3 hooks 8 are provided, and in some instances, where it is intended to avoid mutilation of the seat structure entirely, the said fastenings may be applied to the holding devices of the bui"- fers on the back. When i-t is desired to remove the cushions, the straps are detached from the back without separating the same from the seat-cushion, and vthe two cushions are thus held intact forim mediate application.

Though the preferred form of the improvement has been shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form, size, proportions, and minor details can be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention.y u

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with a car-seat having an overturn-ing reversible back, of seat and back cushions, and connections exclusively between the cushions and the back, whereby the seat-,cushion is reversed by the overturning ofthe back.

2. The combination with a car-seat having a reversible back, of a seat and a back cushion, a series of straps or bands having one set of terminals thereof attached to the under side of the one edge of the seat-cushion,

another series of straps or bands having one set of terminals thereof attachedtothe under portion of the opposite edge of the seat-cushion, the terminals ot' both series of straps opposite to those attached to the seat-cushion being. attached to the o-,uter side of thenpper and lower portions of the back, and the straps of each series alternately positioned to hold the back-cushion in place. v

3. The combination with a car-seat having a reversible back, of a seat-cushion 11d a back-cnshion, and two sets Aof straps or hands, l

one set of ythe latter `having the opposite terminals attached respectivelyto the one underedge portion of theseat-cnshion and the back, and the vother set of straps or bands having the opposite terminals attached respectively to the Opposite under-edge portion of the seat'- cushion and to a point on the back opposite that to which the terminals ,of the first-mentioned straps or bands are attached.

4. The combination With a car-seat having a reversible back, of Seat and back cushions, and connections between the opposite edge portions of the seat-cushion and the back, whereby the said seat-cushion will be reversed when the back is overturned.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED W. SAWYER. 

